1st Mutual Learning Workshop report

The results of the workshop, especially the set of criteria for good practices for NAPs and measures, will be taken up in the first report on priority 4 implementation within NAPs.

The STEMM Equality Congress

The STEMM Equality Congress is a two day conference hosted annually focusing on equality, diversity and inclusion in the STEMM fields.

Snapshots from the 1st Mutual Learning Workshop in Vienna

On February 6th and 7th a workshop on ERA national action plans and implementing of ERA´s 4th priority took place.

Public consultation on EU R&I funding

Outcomes of this public consultation will be among others used for the next generation of financial programmes. The deadline was set for March 8th 2018.

Marcela Linkova on LERU´s implicit bias paper

We do not often see this in policy documents, as if power were a dirty word. But it is important not to shy away from this because power is, after all, part and parcel of social relations, and we cannot tackle gender equality without attending to power.

A Scientist’s Gender Can Skew Research Results

Scientists know about it at least since 2014 but very little has happened. Editors of scientific journals or funding agencies could require reporting gender of experimenter. But at the moment, they don’t.

LERU advice paper on Implicit bias in academia

On 18 January 2018, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) will present its new advice paper, entitled “Implicit bias in academia: a challenge to the meritocratic principle and to women’s careers– and what to do about it”.

Czech Govt approves plan to make research more attractive

Men and women should be represented more equally in Czech science and research, says the Education Ministry’s plan for 2018-2020 that the new government approved on Wednesday 3 January.

2nd Project Meeting

On 30 November 2017 in Brussels there have been 2nd project meeting of all partners. We´ve discussed the first mutual learning workshop on benchmarking ERA National Action Plans and Strategies…

Accelerating ERA development

The conference held at 20.-21. November 2017 to advance the goals of ERA and establishe knowledge and promotion systemic cultural change in research performing and funding organizations.